thumb|Inateck WP1002 RF mouse pointer A '''wireless clicker <ref name="Llengua catalana">{{cite web|title=Optimot. Consultes lingüístiques|website=Llengua catalana|url=https://aplicacions.llengua.gencat.cat/llc/AppJava/index.html?action=Principal&method=detall&input_cercar=punter+l%E0ser&numPagina=1&database=DIEC&idFont=63812&idHit=63812&tipusFont=%3CI%3EDiccionari+de+la+llengua+catalana%3C%2FI%3E+de+l%27Institut+d%27Estudis+Catalans+%282a+edici%F3%29&numeroResultat=3&databases_avansada=&categories_avansada=&clickLink=detall&titol=punter+2++-a&tematica=%28Totes%29&tipusCerca=cerca.tot|language=ca|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref>''' or '''wireless presenter''' <ref name="Kim Adeli Grosky Pissinou 2011 p. 290">{{cite book|last1=Kim|first1=T.|last2=Adeli|first2=H.|last3=Grosky|first3=W.I.|last4=Pissinou|first4=N.|last5=Shih|first5=T.K.|last6=Rothwell|first6=E.J.|last7=Kang|first7=B.H.|last8=Shin|first8=S.J.|title=Multimedia, Computer Graphics and Broadcasting, Part I: International Conference, MulGraB 2011, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2011, in Conjunction with GDC 2011, Jeju Island, Korea, December 8-10, 2011. Proceedings|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg|series=Communications in Computer and Information Science|issue=parte 1|year=2011|isbn=978-3-642-27203-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NPjemgbzBFwC&pg=PA290|access-date=2023-05-23|page=290}}</ref> is a handset remote used to control a computer during a presentation, by emulating a "mouse click" + "some keys of a PC keyboard"; usually incorporating a laser pointer to pinpoint screen details. It is mainly used for presentations with a video projector or a big TV screen (for example a computer presentation created with PowerPoint, Impress or VCN ExecuVision), allowing the presenter to move freely in front of the audience.<ref name="Hammoudi Maciaszek Teniente Camp 2016 p. 476">{{cite book|last1=Hammoudi|first1=S.|last2=Maciaszek|first2=L.|last3=Teniente|first3=E.|last4=Camp|first4=O.|last5=Cordeiro|first5=J.|title=Enterprise Information Systems: 17th International Conference, ICEIS 2015, Barcelona, Spain, April 27-30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers|publisher=Springer International Publishing|series=Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing|year=2016|isbn=978-3-319-29133-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0CFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA476|language=et|access-date=2023-05-23|page=476}}</ref>
== PC interface == thumb|RF mouse pointer (remote control and USB interface) The clicker consists of a transmitter similar to a remote control and a small receiver, usually in the form of a USB dongle connected to a USB port on the computer, that detects it as if it were a mouse.<ref name="MARC 2002">{{cite web|title='Re: [fd-dev] ANNOUNCE: CuteMouse 2.0 alpha 1'|website=MARC|date=2002-04-06|url=https://marc.info/?l=freedos-dev&m=101807226917577|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref> Control signals are transmitted by radio (for example 2.4 GHz,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logitech.com/images/pdf/compliance/C-U0014%20Japan%20Cert_13215423_AA00_201311110948.pdf|title=Logitech R800 CE certificate Japan 2013}}</ref> Bluetooth<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logitech.com/images/pdf/compliance/AGY-700-013098_R003_AGY%20DOC%20CE%20PSTR%20R-R0011%20BOSPHORUS%20EUROPE.pdf|title=Logitech Spotlight CE certificate from 2017}}</ref> ) or in some models by infrared. Usually no additional programs are needed on the computer. Typically it uses no special communication protocol in the presentation program, but instead emulates simple keyboard inputs ( arrow keys, F5 function key, etc..) and some other type of mouse interface (buttons, scroll wheel displacement, etc..).
The range of devices operated by radio is usually specified between 10 and 15 meters; at the coverage limit, the orientation of the pointer and its internal antenna may be critical. An infrared connection can only be used with a clear line of sight to the PC. The dongle is powered by the USB port and the remote control is usually powered by small batteries such as: button batteries, AA batteries or AAA batteries, although some models are rechargeable.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.logitech.com/images/pdf/compliance/AGY-700-013098_R003_AGY%20DOC%20CE%20PSTR%20R-R0011%20BOSPHORUS%20EUROPE.pdf|title=Logitech Spotlight CE certificate from 2017}}</ref>
== Included elements ==
thumb| Targus presenter + SD card
thumb|Logitech presenter + laser pointer === Pen-drive and timer === {{Main|Flash memory|Timer|Mouse (computer)}} Additional features may include a built-in flash memory in the receiver dongle, so there is no need for an additional flash drive to carry the presentation files. Some models include a timer with a built-in vibration alarm, to notify the speaker when time is up
Some clickers completely emulate a mouse, being able to move the mouse cursor around the screen and thus control programs (e.g. Logitech).<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|url=http://www.logitech.com/lang/pdf/cordless_presenter.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050513020847/http://www.logitech.com/lang/pdf/cordless_presenter.pdf|title=Logitech Cordless Presenter|publisher=Logitech|archive-date=2005-05-13|access-date=2016-11-23}}</ref> Inversely, some wireless mice are also equipped with some specific characteristics.
=== Laser pointer === {{Main|Laser pointer}} Apart from the elements to control the presentation, the '''wireless presenters''' often contain a laser pointer. A distinctive feature among the models offered in the market, is the color of the laser. For presentations, green is more visible than red.
== Benefits == thumb|A speaker giving a presentation with an RF pointer in his left hand Using a wireless clicker, helps the presenter to move freely, instead of being obliged to stay next to the computer, can get closer and keep in touch with the audience, watching the presentation together with them, being able to use the built-in laser pointer, in order to emphasize specific points in the dialogue with the participants.<ref name="Peberdy Hammersley 2012 p. 95">{{cite book|last1=Peberdy|first1=D.|last2=Hammersley|first2=J.|title=Brilliant Meetings: What to know, say and do to have fewer, better meetings|publisher=Pearson Education Limited|series=Brilliant Business|year=2012|isbn=978-0-273-74526-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6o_gnKyW5gC&pg=PT95|access-date=2023-05-23|page=95}}</ref> This makes interactive learning possible and minimizes some negative characteristics of face-to-face teaching. In fact, it works especially well when the presentation slides consist only of images used to provide an emotional background, by illustrating the actual presentation.<ref name="Hammoudi Maciaszek Teniente Camp 2016 p. 4762">{{cite book|last1=Hammoudi|first1=S.|last2=Maciaszek|first2=L.|last3=Teniente|first3=E.|last4=Camp|first4=O.|last5=Cordeiro|first5=J.|title=Enterprise Information Systems: 17th International Conference, ICEIS 2015, Barcelona, Spain, April 27-30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers|publisher=Springer International Publishing|series=Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing|year=2016|isbn=978-3-319-29133-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0CFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA476|language=et|access-date=2023-05-23|page=476}}</ref>
Another beneficial effect of the clicker remote is that it is "hand-squeezable" as an anti-stress object. The possibility of being able to use the handset, in a stressful situation, may act as an anti-stress ball, calming some people who otherwise tend to feel nervous or stressed during presentations, when speaking in front of a large audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/4756/1/Reduce-Your-Stress-With-Stress-Balls.html|title=Reduce Your Stress With Stress Balls|last=Dumbleton|first=Trevor|date=|website=www.healthguidance.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228044651/http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/4756/1/Reduce-Your-Stress-With-Stress-Balls.html|archive-date=December 28, 2016|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> One can remember the case of The Caine Mutiny, when Captain Queeg is questioned,<ref name="Flynn 2018">{{cite news|last=Flynn|first=Meagan|title=How 'The Caine Mutiny' and the paranoid Capt. Queeg influenced the 25th Amendment's drafters, making it harder to sideline a president|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2018-09-10|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/10/how-the-caine-mutiny-and-the-paranoid-capt-queeg-contributed-to-the-debate-over-the-25th-amendment/|access-date=2023-05-23}}</ref> he tries to calm down by moving in his hand, a pair of steel Baoding balls.<ref name="Wayback Machine 2007">{{cite web|title=History and Types of Baoding Balls|website=Wayback Machine|date=2007-05-17|url=http://www.baodingballs.com/history_and_types_of_baoding_balls.html|access-date=2023-05-23|archive-date=2015-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810233916/http://www.baodingballs.com/history_and_types_of_baoding_balls.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== Bibliography ==
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== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{cite web|last=Type|first=Content|title=Presentation Remotes, PPT Clicker, Laser Pointer|website=Logitech|url=https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/presenters.html|access-date=2023-05-23}}
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